Blue Ox towbar to Roadmaster baseplate

[Gappy]

We bought a new 30' Winnie gas Class A so I bought an old Blue Ox Range Finder II towbar thinking I could get a baseplate to fit my 2013 Jeep Wrangler. I should of done some homework because I found that the Range Finder is old enough that Blue Ox never made a base plate for the new Wranglers that will fit this old tow bar. There is an adapter that is made to fit a Roadmaster baseplate to my old Range Finder towbar.
Has anybody here ever used one of these adapters?
If I bought the adapters ($108), new baseplate ($399) and wiring kit (guessing $100)I would be $600 in to it plus the $200 for the used towbar and still using a 20 year old towbar. I contemplated just chaulking this up as a waste of $200 and buying all new inclusive kit that would only be a couple hundo more than what I would have into it.
I'm open for any suggestions.
Thanks
Tom

[WILDEBILL308]

I will go back to what I said before. If you don't know the condition /milage on the old tow bar(they do wear out)I would get a new one and sell the one you have.
Bill

[sailor_lou]

I've used a Blue Ox towbar with a Roadmaster based plate (with adapter bracket) for many years now with no issues. It is properly designed for this application and works well.

Lou
05 Travel Supreme Envoy

[jerseyjim]

I've used a BlueOx baseplate to a Roadmaster towbar for years. Simply a matter of changing the ends of the towbar. Not a biggie.

What was a "biggie" to me was that Camping World would not help me out. They wanted to sell me a complete new system.....something I simply didn't need or want. To say nothing of the added $800 or so.

Went to a indie RV place, they were only too happy to help out. Got the different towbar "ends" (knuckles)...not a problem.

Camping World, they tell me only buys from certain "approved" vendors. Pay to play? Hmmmmmmmm.

[DSDP_Don]

Personally, I like to fit a Roadmaster tow bar to Roadmaster plates and Blue Ox tow bars to Blue Ox plates. Sometimes when you start mixing components, you can extend the length of the assembly, add bulky attachments or make it look like it's been Frankensteined. I know many are on a budget, but if you can afford it, try to keep everything the same.

Put the tow bar you bought back on line and try to recoup some of your money.

[enblethen]

Here is some adapters from Roadmaster. It appears that the 037 is what you want. Call Roadmaster for verification. They have good support.
Roadmaster adapters

[crasster]

Well, my opinion is the old tow bar should be fine if you find an adapter. Steel is steel - unless we are talking about non-steel elements.

[WILDEBILL308]

Not knowing the condition of the old tow bar I would rather buy a new towbar. I bought a Avita with 10,000# capacity just incase I want to tow something heavier I wouldn't need a different tow bar.
Bill